James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983), known as David Niven, was a British actor and novelist, best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days and Sir Charles Lytton, a.k.a. "the Phantom", in The Pink Panther. He was awarded the 1958 Academy Award for Best Actor in Separate Tables.
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Known For
Dodsworth
(1936)
Captain Clyde Lockert
Casino Royale
(1967)
James Bond
The Pink Panther
(1963)
Sir Charles Lytton
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Cpl. James Arthur Miller
Death on the Nile
(1978)
Colonel Race
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Raymond
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Edgar Linton
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Henry Brougham
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Phileas Fogg
Murder by Death
(1976)
Dick Charleston
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Sir Arthur Robertson
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Peter Carter
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Sir Charles Litton
The Brain
(1969)
Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »
The Sea Wolves
(1980)
Col. W.H. Grice
Full Filmography
Acting
There Goes the Bride
(1932)
Bit Role (uncredited)
Cleopatra
(1934)
Slave (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
(1935)
Leo Cartwright
Without Regret
(1935)
Bill Gage
Barbary Coast
(1935)
Cockney Sailor Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Splendor
(1935)
Clancey Lorrimore
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
(1936)
Self
Beloved Enemy
(1936)
Captain Gerald Preston
Thank You, Jeeves!
(1936)
Bertie Wooster
Palm Springs
(1936)
George Britell
Rose Marie
(1936)
Teddy
Dodsworth
(1936)
Captain Clyde Lockert
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1936)
Captain Randall
We Have Our Moments
(1937)
Joe Gilling
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937)
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Dinner at the Ritz
(1937)
Paul de Brack
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Steve Harrington
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Albert De Regnier
Four Men and a Prayer
(1938)
Christopher Leigh
The Dawn Patrol
(1938)
Lt. Scott
Raffles
(1939)
A.J. Raffles
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Edgar Linton
Eternally Yours
(1939)
Tony "The Great Arturo"
The Real Glory
(1939)
Lieut. McCool
Bachelor Mother
(1939)
David Merlin
The First of the Few
(1942)
Geoffrey Crisp
The Way Ahead
(1944)
Lieutenant Jim Perry
United States
(1944)
Narrator (voice)
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Peter Carter
Magnificent Doll
(1946)
Aaron Burr
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Henry Brougham
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Dale Williams
The Other Love
(1947)
Doctor Anthony Stanton
Enchantment
(1948)
Roland "Rollo" Dane
Bonnie Prince Charlie
(1948)
Prince Charles Edward Stuart
A Kiss in the Dark
(1949)
Eric Phillips
A Kiss for Corliss
(1949)
Kenneth Marquis
Breakdowns of 1949
(1949)
Self
The Toast of New Orleans
(1950)
Jacques Riboudeaux
The Elusive Pimpernel
(1950)
Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney
Appointment with Venus
(1951)
Valentine Moreland
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Capt. Pindenny
Happy Go Lovely
(1951)
B.G. Bruno
The Lady Says No
(1952)
Bill Shelby
The Moon Is Blue
(1953)
David Slater
Carrington V.C.
(1954)
Major Charles Carrington
The Love Lottery
(1954)
Rex Allerton
Happy Ever After
(1954)
Jasper O'Leary
The King's Thief
(1955)
James - Duke of Brampton
The Silken Affair
(1956)
Roger Tweakham
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Phileas Fogg
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Patrick Harris
The Little Hut
(1957)
Henry Brittingham-Brett
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
(1957)
Alan Coles
My Man Godfrey
(1957)
Godfrey Smith
Separate Tables
(1958)
David Angus Pollock
Bonjour Tristesse
(1958)
Raymond
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Miles Doughton
Happy Anniversary
(1959)
Chris Walters
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
(1960)
Larry Mackay
The Best of Enemies
(1961)
Maj. Richardson
The Guns of Navarone
(1961)
Cpl. James Arthur Miller
The Road to Hong Kong
(1962)
Lama who remembers Lady Chatterly's Lover (uncredited)
Guns of Darkness
(1962)
Tom Jordan
Conquered City
(1962)
Major Peter Whitfield
55 Days at Peking
(1963)
Sir Arthur Robertson
The Shortest Day
(1963)
Soldato inglese (uncredited)
The Pink Panther
(1963)
Sir Charles Lytton
Bedtime Story
(1964)
Lawrence Jameson
Lady L
(1965)
Dicky, Lord Lendale
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
(1966)
Self - Interviewee
Where the Spies Are
(1966)
Dr. Jason Love
Eye of the Devil
(1966)
Philippe de Montfaucon
Casino Royale
(1967)
James Bond
Prudence and the Pill
(1968)
Gerald Hardcastle
The Impossible Years
(1968)
Jonathan Kingsley
The Extraordinary Seaman
(1969)
Lt. Commander John Finchhaven, R.N.
The Brain
(1969)
Le Colonnel Carol Matthews, dit « Le Cerveau »
Before Winter Comes
(1969)
Major Burnside
Scotland Yard - the Golden Thread
(1971)
Host
The Statue
(1971)
Alex Bolt
King, Queen, Knave
(1972)
Charles Dreyer
Vampira
(1974)
Count Dracula
The Canterville Ghost
(1974)
Sir Simon de Canterville
Paper Tiger
(1975)
'Major' Walter Bradbury
The Remarkable Rocket
(1975)
Narrator (voice)
Murder by Death
(1976)
Dick Charleston
No Deposit, No Return
(1976)
J.W. Osborne
Candleshoe
(1977)
Priory
Formula 1 - Speed fever
(1978)
Self
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
(1978)
Self / Colonel Johnny Race
Death on the Nile
(1978)
Colonel Race
Escape to Athena
(1979)
Professor Blake
ABBA in Switzerland
(1979)
Self
A Man Called Intrepid
(1979)
Sir William Stephenson
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(1980)
Ivan
The Sea Wolves
(1980)
Col. W.H. Grice
Rough Cut
(1980)
Chief Insp. Cyril Willis
Trail of the Pink Panther
(1982)
Sir Charles Litton
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
Sir Charles Litton
Better Late Than Never
(1983)
Nick Cartland
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Gregory Peck: His Own Man
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
actor 'Bonjour Tristesse' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
(1995)
Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
(1997)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
(2000)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
(2005)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(2024)
Production